subs. (old).—The sitting up of a woman to see her friends after her confinement; the feast held on such an occasion.
1607. DEKKER, Westward Ho! v. 1. The jest shall be a stock to maintain us and our pewfellows in laughing at christenings, cryings-out, and UPSITTINGS this twelve-month.
1641. R. BROME, A Joviall Crew, ii.
| We will have such a lying in, and such | |
| A Christening; such UP-SITTING and Ghossipping! |
